Shane Womelsdorf's Tragic Story

Shane Womelsorf

This is a true story that involved  two young gay couples, this is in  memory of Shane Womelsdorf, who died of aids in July 4th, 2013. The story began when he first met his future lover in middle school, his name is unknown. When he started attending Ridley High School, kids became suspicious that he was homosexual, until he came out the closet. He was bullied and picked on non-stop. His father who soon found out, disowned him, and he was kicked out the house, luckily his boyfriend, took him in. They spent their time crying, and praying. After a month, Shane started feeling sick, he had a high fever, he was experiencing nausea and vomiting, and loss of weight. He also had a dramatic drop in grades. He was taken into the hospital, and they found out that he HIV. unluckily for him, he found too late and the disease is soon turn into aids. After being in the hospital for over 4 mouths on life support, his new family couldn't afford any hospital bills, didn't have insurance, and was forced to get the plug pulled. He died later the night, Shane was cremated, and his boyfriend sat the jar of ashes next to his bed.